New INTERPOL President

Meng Hongwei, a politician of People’s Republic of China, has been elected as the new President of International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). With this, he becomes first Chinese citizen to hold the four-year post.  He was elected at the INTERPOL’s 85th annual general assembly held in Bali, Indonesia and succeeds Mireille “Ballen” Ballestrazzi.

INTERPOL:

Interpol is the 2nd-largest international organization after the United Nations in terms of international representation. The headquartered of INTERPOL is located at Lyon, France. Its work focuses on public safety and battling terrorism, crimes against humanity, environmental crime, genocide, war crimes, etc.

Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes

Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sushil Chandra appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) by union government.Decision in this regard was taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT):

CBDT is nodal policy-making body of the Income Tax (IT) department under the Union Finance Ministry. It is a statutory authority established under The Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. It is also the supreme body in India for framing policies related to direct taxes. The composition of CBDT includes Chairman and six members.

Secretary-General of the United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has formally elected Antonio Guterres (67) as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mr. Guterres,was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015. He will become the world's top diplomat on 1 January 2017, and hold that post for the next five years. He has to run an unwieldy bureaucracy and manage the competing demands of the world’s big powers. His role is to step in both publicly and privately to prevent escalation of international disputes.

The UN Secretary-General is the head of the United Nations Secretariat. He is de facto spokesperson and leader of the UN. The role Secretary-General has been mentioned in Chapter XV (Articles 97 to 101) of UN Charter. The post lasts for five years and is limited to a maximum of two terms.

UN Conference on Disarmament ambassador

Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1992 batch Shri Amandeep Singh Gill has been appointed as the next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva. He had represented India on the UN Secretary General’s Panel on Missiles from 2007 to 2008.  Besides, he was also member of the Indian delegation to the Conference on Disarmament during the negotiations on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Director of the Enforcement Directorate

Senior IPS officer Karnal Singh has been appointed as Director of the Enforcement Directorate.Decision in this regard was taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will be in office till 31 August 2017.

New Deputy Governor of RBI

Government appointed Viral V Acharyaa New York University Economics Professor as new Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India. His appointment was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. He will fill the post that fell vacant after Urjit Patel after he was made RBI Governor to succeed Rajan with effect from September 2016. The existing three Deputy Governors of RBI are S S Mundra, R Gandhi and N S Vishwanathan..

New NHRC Chairman

Former Chief Justice of India(CJI) HL Dattu on Monday took charge as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He is the seventh Chairperson of the Commission. Justice KG Balakrishnan completed his tenure on May 11, last year following which member of the Commission Justice Cyriac Joseph held charge as the acting Chairperson.

New FIFA President

Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino who holds dual nationality, Italian and Swiss elected as President of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Extraordinary Congress on 26 February 2016. Issa Hayatou of Cameroon was acting President for the last five months. 

First Female President of Taiwan

Tsai Ing-wen (59) has been elected as leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),first female and 14th President of Taiwan.After eight years of the pro-China Kuomintang (KMT) party, Ing-Wen’s victory signals a welcome breath of fresh air for many Taiwanese people.In celebration of the news, her supporters flooded the streets, waving party banners and cheering speeches.

Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RGCC) of India

Senior IAS officer Sailesh appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner on 7 january 2016.The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sailesh as Registrar General and Census Commissioner for a period till July 28, 2017.The post of the RGCC of India is usually held by a civil servant holding the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India. It is responsible for conducting the decennial Census.

Government of india reappoints deputy governor of RBI

The government on 8 january 2016 reappointed Urjit Patel, who headed a committee that paved the way for the proposed monetary policy committee, as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a second time for a three-year term.Patel joined the central bank on January 11, 2013, months before Raghuram Rajan took charge as the Governor, and has been heading the monetary policy department. Rajan and Patel had earlier worked together in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

Chairman of CCI

Former Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Devender Kumar Sikri appointed as chairman of fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI).He will succeed Ashok Chawla whose tenure ended as the Chairman of CCI. He will have tenure of two and half years i.e. till he attains the age of 65 years.

Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BHEL

Atul Sobti board director in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)  was appointed as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of the company on 1 january 2016. he has been the chairman of Raichur Power Corporation Limited, a joint venture company of BHEL and Karnataka Power Corporation Limited. 

GCMMF's 1st vice chairman

Panchmahals-based Panchamrut Dairy's chief Jetha Bharwad become the first vice chairman of the powerful Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).GCMMF is a largest food products marketing organization of India.

DG of National Centre for Good Governance

Economist and former IAS officer Gyanendra D Bandgaiyan was appointed Director General of National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), a think tank on good governance reform.Bandgaiyan, ex-chief economist of United Nations Development Programme, has been appointed for a period of three years.His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

1st woman COO of Big 4 in India

Berera, currently the regional managing partner for north at PwC India, will take charge as Chief Operating Officer (COO)  on January 1, 2016, becoming second only to chairman Deepak Kapoor in hierarchy. Berera will replace Neil Wilson, who is moving to London as global operations partner with PwC.Big 4 are the four largest international professional services networks known as ‘Big 4’.

New Prime Minister of Georgia

Former Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili elected as the country’s new prime minister of Georgia.He was elected by the Parliament after then Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili had resigned from the post.Kvirikashvili’s new government has pledged to push ahead the ruling Georgian Dream coalition’s policy of seeking closer ties with the West by endorsing its full membership in the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and pursuing a pragmatic and peaceful policy towards Russia which was shattered by a brief 2008 war.

NITI Aayog CEO

Senior IAS officer Amitabh Kant has been given additional charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi was taken this decision.Presently, he is serving as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).

PRESIDENT OF ASIAN TENNIS FEDERATION

Anil Khanna who is presently the president of All India Tennis Federation was re-elected as the President of Asian Tennis Federation.

 He was elected for four years in the Annual General Meeting held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Commonwealth’s new Secretary General

British lawyer Patricia Scotland (60) has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth.she became the first woman and  also first British citizen to be elected as secretary-general.she will succeed Kamalesh sharma from india and take charge on 1 April 2016.